Character of God

Hey everybody! This past week was awesome. Our speaker, Blake Mattocks is a pastor at a local church here in Arvada. He taught us on the character of God. Everything Blake said he backed up with scripture which was really cool! I learned so much from the things he taught on. God is so awesome and revelead so many things about His character and how my character should look as well. On Friday, we had a lady named Simmone talk to us about our identity. We made "self boxes" that reflected how we looked on the outside and how we felt on the inside. Although I'm not very creative, this was a really cool exercie and God actually showed me a lot through doing it! Here are some main points from Blake's teaching:

*The goal of Christianity is transformation (Romans 12:1-2)
*Courage is choosing convictin over compromise
*Courage is focusing on God, NOT your situation
*Forgiveness brings freedom
*Forgiveness is a GIFT
*Hearing God's voice requires TIME. Trust-Invest-Meditate-Exercise your faith
*We have to learn to enjoy the process of walking with God, to be CONTENT
*If you love God, you are obedient to Him ALWAYS
*Obedience is costly. It is MANDATORY not OPTIONAL
*My thoughts must be 1. captured 2. challenged 3. changed
*We cannot outgrow our "monsters" we must CONFRONT them.
*Only with the TRUTH and the LIGHT can we confront our monsters and get rid of them

Awesome verses that stuck out to me:
"I know what it is to be in need and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every sitation whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want."
-Phillipians 4:12
"Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is- His good, pleasig and perfect will."
-Romans 12:2
"He has showed you, o man, what is good. And what does the Lord reqire of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God"
-Micah 6:8

God is so good!! He is rocking my world! I have learned so much in the past week about how God wants me to live. He is changing my character to match His and He is teaching me new things everyday! I now have a relationship with God like I never did before and it is so beautiful the things that He reveals to me!
Thank you for all your prayers! I appreciate everything! Prayer request for this week:
- Saftey as we comute back and forth to Eagle Rock for teachings. (Eagle rock is 30 minutes up the mountain.)
-God would be stirring in the hearts of people living in Denver as we get ready for outreach on Wednesday.
-Churches in Thailand..for unity and for saftey and boldness

PS. I HAD A WONDERFUL WEEKEND WITH MARLANA, MISSY AND JENNY!! WE HAD SO MUCH FUN AND THEY ARE SUCH A HUGE BLESSING IN MY LIFE! THANK YOU JESUS FOR AMAZING FRIENDS!!